Will's Oscar Picks

The Oscars start in about 90 minutes ... here are my predictions, and personal choices:

Picture
will win: Slumdog Millionaire
should win: Milk

Director
will: Danny Boyle, Slumdog
should: Gus Van Sant, Milk

Actor
will: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
should: same

Actress
will: Kate Winslet, The Reader
should: Meryl Streep, Doubt

Supporting Actor
will: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
should: same

Supporting Actress
will: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
should: Viola Davis, Doubt

Original Screenplay
will: Wall-E
should: Milk

Adapted Screenplay
will: Slumdog Millionaire
should: Doubt

Editing
will: Slumdog Millionaire
should: The Dark Knight

Cinematography
will: Slumdog Millionaire
should: The Dark Knight

Art Direction
will: The Dark Knight
should: same

Costumes
will: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
should: Milk

Make-up
will: Benjamin Button
should: Hellboy II

Visual Effects
will: Benjamin Button
should: Iron Man

Sound Editing
will: The Dark Knight
should: same

Sound Mixing
will: Slumdog
should: Wall-E

Score
will: Slumdog Millionaire
should: Defiance

Song
will: Down To Earth, from Wall-E
should: same

Animated Feature
will: Wall-E
should: same

Foreign
will: Waltz With Bashir
should: same (though only 2 of the 5 have opened in Ottawa so far)

Documentary Feature
will: Man On Wire
should: Encounters at the End of the World

Documentary Short
will: The Witness
should: haven't seen any

Live Action Short
will: Auf Der Strecke
should: haven't seen any

Animated Short
will: Presto
should: same (only one I've seen, but a very funny little film)